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Sarah Lerche is a Silicon Valley veteran with 25+ years as a CFO, successful entrepreneur/start-up founder, and advisor to Series A, B, and C technology startups and scale-ups.

Lerche co-founded Escalon Services, a technology-enabled business services provider, in 2010 and served as a Partner until 2022 when she realized a successful exit. Leading Business Development and technology operations in which she leveraged AI and machine learning to enable scaled growth, she helped build Escalon to 1000+ people in 12 years. Additionally, during this time she served as a fractional CFO and advisor to CEOs and boards at 50+ technology startups and scale-ups, creating business plans and financial models to lay the groundwork for VC investments.

Independent Director & Board Advisory Experience

  • Fractional CFO for 15 years – some (former) clients include Vivino, Wevideo, Healthily, Duda, Huddly, Capriza, Glint Solar, GameRun.
  • Co-Founder and CFO of Escalon Services Inc. Outsourced services company successful exit Q422 to Private Equity
  • Current board roles: Board member JOR Farms AS, Board Member Escalon Services Inc

Skills

  • Business Strategy
  • Fundraising and VC Relations
  • Technology and Operations Strategies
  • Audit Committee Advising
  • Investment & Acquisition Strategy
  • Building, Scaling and International Expansion

Credentials

  • BA, Accounting - University of San Fransisco
  • MA, Finance - University of San Fransisco

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I worked with Connectd a while back, and they were personable, efficient and well connected. Within a week or two, I had a few investors meetings with active investors interested in our industry and closed an investment with them. So am going to try working with them again for our next round.

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